Whats you favourite Tendulkar innings?
When he was there in Multan during my first triple-century. Because I batted the full day with him. He always likes to chat and can get serious and caution you not to hit unnecessary shots. During that innings he told me, “If you try to hit a six I will hit you on the bum.” He gave me a simple example – about my Melbourne innings in 2003, when I tried to hit a six on 195 and got out. Till then India were in a good position, but after that we couldn’t make a big score and we lost the Test. So he made me realise my mistake. That is why I didn’t hit sixes in Multan, but when I was near 300 I told him that I was going to hit Saqlain [Mushtaq] and he could hit me on my bum! Is there one shot of Tendulkar you would like to have? His cover-drive, but I don’t think I can do that probably because of the lack of feet movement. “In my view if you have good or bad technique it doesn’t matter. But you will survive if you can adjust your game at international level, you are mentally strong, you know
